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How many Apple Watch bands do you own? OEM only.

  • One band only.

    Votes: 424 16.9%
  • 2/4

    Votes: 904 36.0%
  • 5/8

    Votes: 506 20.1%
  • 9/12

    Votes: 171 6.8%
  • 12/15

    Votes: 98 3.9%
  • 16/20

    Votes: 71 2.8%
  • more than 20

    Votes: 211 8.4%
  • more than 50

    Votes: 61 2.4%
  • more than 100

    Votes: 29 1.2%
  • more than 200

    Votes: 25 1.0%
  • more than 250

    Votes: 4 0.2%
  • more than 300

    Votes: 3 0.1%
  • more than 400

    Votes: 1 0.0%
  • more than 500

    Votes: 2 0.1%
  • more than 600

    Votes: 3 0.1%

  • Total voters
    2,512

jeremyfernie

macrumors 6502
Oct 1, 2019
466
1,314
Mississauga, Canada
all of these bands are out of stock in both sizes on the Apple website. They also don’t make an appearance in any of the promotional material anymore. Pretty sure this is the end of the line for these colors.

Yup, prior season loops and bands in general dwindling down indeed, another eg: Khaki sport band 44mm in Canada gone, but 40 is there still. One of my favs.
 
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rosegoldoli

macrumors 6502a
Feb 21, 2019
968
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A few Nike bands seem to be getting discontinued.

Royal Pulse / Black
Desert Sand / Black
Pink Blast / Black

A few sport bands too:

Beryl
Pine Green
Clementine
Alaskan Blue

all of these bands are out of stock in both sizes on the Apple website. They also don’t make an appearance in any of the promotional material anymore. Pretty sure this is the end of the line for these colors.

time to grab a spare pink blast sport loop from Nike then
 

jeremyfernie

macrumors 6502
Oct 1, 2019
466
1,314
Mississauga, Canada
Cactus looks really good. Does anyone have one paired with a SBSS? Does anyone have a comparison between Cactus and the Celestial Teal Nike Sport Band? I have the Celestial Teal already, I like Cactus but want to make sure it’s not too similar before I buy it.

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And as for your concern regarding the similarity between a Cactus and Celestial Teal: as @FenC pointed out already, it is indeed very similar - but that’s a good thing! This plain sport band format gives a more subtle way of wearing the same great color, IMO.
 
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mikedop

macrumors 603
Dec 30, 2019
5,776
12,363
Oklahoma
Sport loop, meh. Black/Pink Blast Sport Band is one of my top 5 favorites.

would agree here. Never got into the loops no matter how much I wanted to, so I’ve picked up the bands.

I have every Black / X Nike band, except for Lime Blast. Hope to pick that one up when it gets discontinued- or eBay resellers have one for about $25. Whichever comes first.
 
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CWallace

macrumors G5
Aug 17, 2007
12,159
10,925
Seattle, WA
I dislike the feel of the Sport Bands and therefore only buy Sport Loops (and then mostly only the Nike reflective ones).

Probably saved me thousands considering some of the Sport Loop collections I have seen posted here. :D
 
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mikedop

macrumors 603
Dec 30, 2019
5,776
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Oklahoma
I dislike the feel of the Sport Bands and therefore only buy Sport Loops (and then mostly only the Nike reflective ones).

Probably saved me thousands considering some of the Sport Loop collections I have seen posted here. :D

Sport loops are nice, but I find them to be a bit too bulky for my taste. My collection is mostly Sport bands, but I end up wearing the Link Bracelet or a Woven Nylon most of the time. Still love the colors though.

twanj over here liking everything haha. Guess you gotta keep yourself busy somehow.
 

athousandbands

macrumors G3
Jun 5, 2019
9,370
32,337
Discord
Sport loops are nice, but I find them to be a bit too bulky for my taste. My collection is mostly Sport bands, but I end up wearing the Link Bracelet or a Woven Nylon most of the time. Still love the colors though.

twanj over here liking everything haha. Guess you gotta keep yourself busy somehow.
I hate how with the sport loops I have to decide between full loose sweatpants comfort and not having the velcro tongue puff out of the lug and look all bulky, like you say.
 

Nimbus134

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Feb 20, 2020
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Swenyly

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Guys anyone has Alaskan Blue and can compare it to Ocean Blue or some others please?
Edit: I mean Sport Band
Thanks
 

CWallace

macrumors G5
Aug 17, 2007
12,159
10,925
Seattle, WA
An Apple employee gave me this Apple Watch branded microfiber cloth. Took me this long to realize it matched my leather loop almost perfectly.

I noticed that has gold accents - was it a special loop for the Series 0 Edition Models or did you have it plated?
 

CarlJ

macrumors 604
Feb 23, 2004
6,976
12,140
San Diego, CA, USA
How peculiar. I wonder what Nike needs a signature for?
If I had to guess, it’s a blanket policy brought on either by people having expensive rare sneakers stolen off their doorstep, or people saying their expensive rare sneakers weren‘t delivered when they were. But extending it to $50 watch bands seems stupid. And not turning it off for now, seems foolish.

if, as @JoshCalvetti suggests, FedEx disregards that, then I’ll be less annoyed.
 
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